GNU bug report logs - #53819
29.0.50; Follow the national way to use floating point numbers.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Niels Søndergaard <nisoni <at> algon.dk>

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 13:52:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 53819 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Niels Søndergaard <nisoni <at> algon.dk>
Subject: bug#53819: 29.0.50; Follow the national way to use floating point numbers.
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:29:21 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> If we were to use the locale-specific conventions for decimal and
> thousands separators, then how could Emacs in locale A correctly read
> and execute a program written in locale B?

So this isn't something we're interested in doing, and I'm therefore
closing this bug report.

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